We’ve spent time with many of our customers over the past few months, learning a lot about their point of view
and what matters to them. Their priorities, and the opportunities and the
challenges with engaging their people and winning with talent are key themes
surfacing in these discussions.

Halogen customers have a passion to help
their employees succeed. Many
see how new approaches to performance management can help their business, too.
But the question I hear most is:

How can
my organization make ongoing performance management a part of the day-to-day, and build support for a higher impact
way of working?

Most
organizations are at the end of their fiscal
year and starting their planning period, so this question is top of mind. The
fourth quarter is when budgets are set and plans are put in motion for the year
ahead. Many want to go further with their 2017 business strategy and maximizing
talent and engagement is at the heart of these planning efforts.

You may be
exploring similar priorities in your
business. Based on our experience here at Halogen, people-focused HR leaders
are making these three areas of focus a priority for the year ahead:

Connect
performance management to day-to-day work

Establish a culture of
forward-focused growth and development

Recruit top talent and support them
to achieve early success

Here’s how to do it:

1. Connect performance management to day-to-day work

The
customers we’ve spoken to who’ve done this successfully gave their managers
and employees tools, training and resources they need to embrace ongoing
performance management. As a result, these regular conversations support work
rather than hindering it.

Employee
feedback and coaching templates – Use these templates to help your managers give truly
helpful and effective feedback. This resource also includes a list of tips to
guide coaching conversations.

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2. Establish a culture of performance-focused growth and development

Studies show
that high-performing organizations are
far more effective at improving
organizational and individual performance
through learning. Halogen customers are taking
steps to integrate
learning into daily work.
It’s more timely, memorable and easier to put
into action, and our customers who’ve adopted this approach are seeing positive
results.

You can make performance-focused learning a
priority in 2017 by combining on-the-job learning, coaching and feedback with
formal learning activities and content to create a strong learning culture.

3. Recruit top talent and help them to achieve early success

Shifting employee
demographics and greater transparency in the job
market makes
attracting
top talent a challenge. In addition, poor hiring choices, ineffective
onboarding processes and openings in mission-critical positions can leave your
company at risk financially and competitively.

Support your organization in making the
right hiring decisions in 2017
by taking a strategic approach to talent acquisition and onboarding.

Take a look at these
resources for more information on how you can
accelerate new hire performance:

Strategic
talent acquisition white paper – As talent management becomes the
strategic measure to organizational success, there is also an evolution in
recruiting departments, best described as "strategic talent
acquisition." In this white paper you’ll learn how to create a recruiting
function that is operating at the highest competitive level and aligned with
your company’s business strategy.

Best-practice
onboarding checklists – To help you design and implement an
effective onboarding program that engages new employees and sets them up for
success, we've identified the process steps you need to follow and created
handy checklists for HR, managers and new employees.

Are you ready to win with talent
in 2017?

A strategic shift
in performance management takes planning, thoughtfulness and skillful change
management. As you look to finalize budgets and planning for 2017, consider
your culture, your people and your business practices.

Does your
performance management approach fit your business flow? Is it focused on maximizing
employee productivity and engagement?

We all know
conventional talent practices are coming under scrutiny and highly regarded HR
teams are actively transitioning to a better model.

What changes you
can make in 2017 to set your people up for success?

Most likely you
know what you want to achieve with your talent strategy in 2017. However, what
might be unclear is how to get there. Regardless of where you are in your
talent management journey, we at Halogen will partner with you for success. So
talk to us. We’re happy to help.

We'll be exploring these three priorities here on the TalentSpace Blog in
more detail over the coming weeks to support your 2017 planning efforts. Stay tuned!

Driving the Future of Performance Management

Discover how you can maximize your employees’ potential and realize brilliant outcomes for your organization

Driving the Future of Performance Management

By Saba Software

Welcome to our blog where we share the latest and greatest on learning, performance management and employee engagement! The following articles are from our archive and feature content from past blog contributors, plus a few bonus pages.